Full Name
Lizbeth B. De La Torre
Job Title
Creative Technologist
Company
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Speaker Bio
Lizbeth B. De La Torre is a Creative Technologist in The Studio at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She holds a BFA in Entertainment Art designing vehicles, props and environments for feature film animation from Art Center College of Design. Liz uses Design Thinking methods and techniques to imagine the future of technology in space. She earned her Master’s of Science with the MIT Media Lab focusing on space technology development. Liz works on bio-inspired origami robotics and mission formulation for future missions. Apart from Illustrating two posters included in the NASA Visions of the Future series (Europa, Ceres) she also co-lead research in astronaut devices and wearables for situational awareness and robotic interaction on Mars. Her current research examines the intersection of creativity and aerospace, and how creative techniques are of benefit to space technology innovation.
Lizbeth B. De La Torre